Theology Without Words: Theology in the Deaf Community Book

Introduction 'In the Beginning was the Word'

Pt. I The Deaf Community and their Language

1 A Sense of Deaf Identity 3

2 Talking with your Hands: Issues in British Sign Language 25

Pt. II In Search of Deaf Theology

3 Developing Appropriate Research Methods 45

4 Deafining and Doing Theology 73

5 'Anyone who has Ears, Let them Hear ... ' ... But what about Deaf People? 95

Pt. III Theology Without Words

6 Theology Without Words: Ecclesiology and Liturgy 115

7 Deaf in the Image of the Deaf God 137

Conclusion: 'So Many Other Things' 157

Bibliography 161

Index 117